Lecture D33: Forced Vibration Fosinwt m Spring Force Fs =-kx, k>0 Dashpot Fd =-ci, c>0 Forcing Fext Fo sin wt Newton's Second Law (mix =CF) mx+cx+kx= Fo sin wt =k/m,=c/(2mwn)
In this lecture, we consider the problem of a body in which the mass of the body changes during the motion, that is, m is a function of t, i.e. m(t). Although there are many cases for which this particular model is applicable, one of obvious importance to us are rockets. We shall see that a significant fraction of the mass of a rocket is the fuel, which is expelled during flight at a high velocity and thus, provides the propulsive force for the rocket
Non-Inertial Reference Frame Gravitational attraction The Law of Universal Attraction was already introduced in lecture D1. The law postulates that the force of attraction between any two particles, of masses M and m, respectively, has a magnitude, F, given by F= (1) where r is the distance between the two particles, and G is the universal constant of gravitation. The value of G is empirically determined to be
